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thymidine
[ thahy-mi-deen ]
noun
- a nucleoside, C 10 H 14 N 2 O 5 , containing thymine and deoxyribose, that is a constituent of DNA.
thymidine
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noun
- the crystalline nucleoside of thymine, found in DNA. Formula: C 10 H 14 N 2 O 5
thymidine
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- A nucleoside composed of thymine and deoxyribose that (with the addition of phosphate to form the nucleotide thymine) occurs in DNA. Radioactively tagged thymidine has been used in genetics research to study DNA synthesis in the nuclei of cells undergoing cell division. Chemical formula: C 10 H 14 N 2 O 5 .
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of thymidine1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of thymidine1
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The group tried to prevent its bacterium from surviving outside the body by making it dependent on a molecule, thymidine, produced by naturally occurring gut bacteria.
Uridines are usually found in RNA rather than DNA; in DNA, the cell reads them as if they were the ‘T’ base, thymidine.
A cell is placed in a medium containing radioactively labeled thymidine.
One of the precursors, thymidine triphosphate, had been labeled with tritium.
Dr. Prusoff spent most of his long career studying molecular derivatives of thymidine, a building block of DNA.
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